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caroiina watchman weekly vol xix salisbury n c january 13 1862 number 57 j t brink kuitoh am proprietor from th richmond rcaminer some of the wisest men of the south are affected with grave apprehensions on the score of re enlistments the difficul ty of keeping a large force in the field and the hazard to resull from the dissolu tion of oh and the re organization of new regiments nt a most critical period of in coming campaign present in fact ihe only serious sources of apprehension lor the south ni cau*e vvu have not indulged how.-v.-r in any of these evil forebodings we look at the great fact that o far this war has derived all its vigour and success from the people in no particular have the patriotic masses of our countrymen come short of their duty or of the de main is of the crisis one whit the wal ls the people's war they have math it their 1 *] is all the glory that it has shed upon our name ; and it is a species of high treason to harbour an apprehensions of delinquency on their part true the people have had much to complain of in the would be rulers politi cians and contract-mongers who have had their fingers â€” only their fingers â€” in the war true the soldiers have bad much to disgust them with the service true there has been a sad absence of en ter prise genius and energy in the conduct of pub lic affairs such as gives nerve to the sol dier's aim and kindles a hone in his heart we have had no wii.i.um i'iit at the helm of state nor darning comet like bonai'auj'h carrying consternation into the camps of the euemv everywhere around tin horizon and we have conse quently had but h slight manifestation of that popular enthusiasm attending the prosecution of the war which a brilliant governing genius inflames but which a dull one snows upon rut iu spile of all discouragements and obstacles the people will do their duty < lur volunteers will all re-enlist provide 1 only that the labour and the burden be distributed with an even hand tbere is scarcely a man in our armies who makes any other objection to continuing in the service than that others remain at home ! equally bound with himself to serve the ! country in it need this difficulty is of all others the most readily removed this difficulty once removed and the whole ! trouble is obviated our brave men al ready in the camps will remain there ; and our army will be at once filled up to the fullest standard of numbers demanded by the exigencies of the cause the mode of overcoming this solitary difficulty is simply to abandon the system of voluntary enlistment why should government relinquish the most sacred aud vital of all its functions â€” that of com manding the services of its citizens for the public defence ? why should govern ment abdicate its authority at the moment when tbe salvation of society depends upon its rigorously and vigorously putting it in to requisition ? let the government order the soldiers already in the field to r.-main there and let it require those not enlisted to put themselves in the field ry calling upon all to serve in its armies it makes the service a cheerful one on the part of all those now in service will continue in it and perform their duty with an alac rity unknown before when they see that the rest of their fellow-citizens are required to do their part also loins nai-olkon would overcome the difficulty presented by this subject of re enlistment iu two days he would have an immediate return of the able-bodied men in every magisterial district of the south classified according to their differ ent ages and he would long before the winter shall expire have every man under arms by name to join his proper corps and in active drill and service nolhing in spires more alacrity or cheerfulness in our soldiers than the fact that all are required to do their duty an d that the government is with energy ability promptitude and above all with impartiality doing its own we ought long ,.,,- this to have had a census of the confederate states ; and our war i t.-p.ti tin nt ought before six months ofthe war had pas ove r have had rolls from every magisterial district in the con federacy enumerating every able-bodied man iu it the volunteer system has served its purpose of meeting a pressing exigency it would be imbecile and idle to expect it to serve the necessities of a protracted war to attempt to carry it on farther is to break down utterly â€” is literally to lean upon a broken reed why should we attempt to convert a mere temporary expedient into a permanent policy ? is it impossible for our statesmen and legislators to lift them selves out of the deep ruts of routine and to strike out new pathways ? if nut like tin u in v horses in western virginia iln y will drown the country's cause iu tin mud and mire of the old and uo travel led way yankee l.k>n t s and spies it will scarcely be believed abroad that in times of flagrant war while the soil of virginia ia pressed by the font of a blood thirsty an i murderous foe the most tender ami unceasing social attentions are yet of ferer in richmond not only to the vagrant \ ankei-s who have come here on suspi cious errands bul actually to those whose mission towards ii was to cut our throats burn our houses and defile our families with the brutal lusts of war the eviden ces of this disposition are patent and bra ten enough thecaseof dr king a rhode island r who was permitted tn conn here ami take away a son who had been taken as our prisonei in tho battle at manassas and to pass his time here in receiving calls from and paying visits to certain social pretenders and jack alls who made a " li on of him is an illustration of the dis grace that is fastening upon our city not only for the laxity ofthe authorities of the government but for the subserviency and social demoralization of its manners the half has not been told of the ex ploitation ofthe yankee family of kings in the society of richmond we are ( r.-d ibly informed that the young cut throat and murderer who was taken fighting against us at manassas was actual iv taken from the hospital and tenderly nursed ii the family of a physician in tins citv â€” could not these good samaritans have found some poor confederate soldier lan guishing in the hospitals an object for their solicitude anil kindness into whose wounds they might have poured oil rather than the yankee whom they took into their family circle to nurse to pet and to re store to his new england home we notice too that mr ely in the statements of his experience as a prisoner in richmond lets tiie cat out of the hag and indicates the great number of " un ion friends he made in that city the new york herald states he has come back to the north burdened with memen toes from the citizens of richmond i amongst these a handsome writing case the gift of a young lady the same paper gives an account of the released yankee prisoners â€” another subject of the clemency of the war department and general winder who had succeeded in obtaining maps of all tho city fortifications from a union citizen of richmond and in smuggling them north sewed up in the seams of his pantaloons we are certainly not averse to recogniz ing the obligations of humanity even to yankees and prisoners of war j kit it is high time that this overdone kindness that pays social court to rhode island " lions and turns loose prisoners of war and spies with their baggage tilled with mementous from young ladles of richmond and tbeir garments stuffed with military intelligence should come to an end â€” richmond ex aminer tiie indian treaties in con gress congress is understood to have made a large appropriation out of the confederate treasury to comply iu part with treaty stipu lations made with the indian tribes these treaties are as yet undivulged they are understood to comprise the creeks the clioctaws and chicka-aws tiie seminoles the clu-rokees the usages the uuapaws the setiecas aud sbawnees the camanch es and the resonie indians â€” of the air gregate amount appropriated by the act of congress the sum of 235,927 â€” being the whole amount of arrearages annual payments and interest due the several tribes as on the 30th of december last â€” is ordered to be paid in coin should the president so direct we learn that the act also makes an appropriation of 00 000 to purchase the coin we have only to add that it seems to be an indispensa ble act of public justice that these treaties should he published that the people may understand and estimate ihe advantages which they offer and which have induced our government to assume tbe payment of federal arrearages to them to the amount of nearly three thousand dollars â€” rich mond examiner the panic is over â€” some 80 or 100 bushels of salt sold here yesterday morn ing at auction at about 1 25 per bushel it was first offered in lots of one bushel with the privilege of two and the two first lots w.-nt at 5.10 it then dropped down to 4.50 and finally to 4.15 in lots of one bushel with privilege of five and the sale closed we believe at those figures â€” savannah republican dec 31 patriotic contributions i'assi'oiu t ihkick ) richmond january 7 1802 \ to the h'ditor uf the kxanimcr : as your reporter has been in the habit of preparing for publication in th exam iner a weekly statement of contributions made by the people to tin army of inde pendence i am induced to seiitl vou an analytical summary of the amount reo-iv ed and forwarded timing th last quarter ofthe year just expired v ol , w l per ceive that the sum total according to the best means afforded t'<>i estimating values is over a million and a half of dollars and 1 think that at least ninety per cent ofthe sum was contributed to the mm i llle potomac ll was inipossilili to h p proximate the correct amount sent to the army ofthe i'eniiisula ; the armv al nor folk was supplied by agents who were nol uu.l.r th necessity of obtaining passports in richmond ; and the army in western virginia was similarly furnished very lew ofthe packages beingsent via richmond of the supplies sent to the army in mis souri arkansas and kentucky j have no account whatever but the same patriotic devotion animates our people everywhere there can he nodoubt that an equal aniounl of clothing stoics fec have been bent to those troops the whole amount of con tributions luring the last three months could not have fallen short of three mill ions of dollars the subjoined list edrri piises almost exclusively the donations made to the army of the potomac : north carolina 135*15,417 alabama 317^000 mississippi 272,670 georgia 24 4.880 south carolina 187 206 ' l ' ex - s > 87,800 louisiana 01,'joo virginia 48,070 tennessee 17,000 florida 2,'3,'a aikansas 050 1,515,808 the secretary of war allowed me to grant transportation for the goods and the agents accompanying them irom this city to the points of distribution ; and recently the agents have been given transportation from the camps hack to richmond 1 have preserved the name of the pa rents and agents having in charge the sol diers clothing the amount biought by each party and the designation of ihe re giments that received them and these details although probably too voluminous for the columns of a newspaper may be of value for future reference and of some in terest to the historian an onportunity^lias also been afforded to see a people intelligent brave and virtuous engaged with perfect unanimity in the noble work of fleeing themselves from commercial thraldom and the politi cal contaminations of the north â€” a loyal people a race of gentlemen lo preside over whom is an honor of which the greatest and best in the world should he proud ; and possessing eight hundred thousand square miles of territory with 4 od and oik nativk land inscribed on iheir bat tle flags all the despots of the earth ma strive in vain to subjugate them i am sir fec j j jones goods for the people â€” yesterday one of our city wharves presented quite an ac tive scene in consequence of a fine display of merchandize which crowded the sur rounding space and which was being dis charged from a vessel lately from foreign parts the cargo consisted of english blankets confederate grey cloths hardware in casks coffee soap candles codfish spool cotton english paper and envelopes butter ar rowroot cheese linens hosiery buttons needles spanish begars and various other articles of groat value at this time charleston courier 1th tha following is the superscription of a letter that passed tbrougli tin louisville i'ost < iflice the other lay w apprehend it has not yet reached nashville : " feds and confeds let this go free down tn nashville tennessee this three cenl tuamp will pay the cost uniil you lind sophia jfost " postmasters north or even south way open it and find th truth 1 merely say my wife's got well and litis a baby cross us â€” you know what it is stated that instead of tho loss by the late burning of ordnance supplies in nashville tennessee reaching two millions of dollars as reported it will not exceed at an extravagant estimate five hundred thousand dollars from the chariot t democrat urf mill veo/.'i/.-we hit gniti bed to sea that the richmond papers are rebuking the delinqnencea ofthe ( l.tks in tin various departments at richmond we are satisfied there are top many clerk employed in hie department and that strict econo my would dispense with about one third of tin number the people of the south uie fully determined to sustain and support the confederate government and they demand that prudent economy shall be practised by their public servants we have been told hy several gentlemen who visited richmond on business that it was with difficulty hey could get attention nlthough there appeared to he any quantity of clerks sitting about tloing riothjug when they work it is only from 9 or id to 2 or 3 o clock even tiie boldiers can no got attention as we learn bv the following from ihe kidimond ex aminer : we have alluded on more than one j occasion to ihe unkindness and abuses im pos.,1 upon sick discharged soldiers b the pellness in lellcc milt sovereign cale lessness with which ihey are treated by government officials in th course of the routine through which they have to go before tlu-y are permitted or enabled to leave lor their homes one has only lo go to ihe pay office of the government in batik street to witness seencs of buffering there and of official circumlocution and delay to which th sick boldiers are sub jected calculated not only to move their pity but to excite on the other band the strongest indignation the office is daily crowded with poor sick wounded aod dis abled soldiers waiting anxiously for their pay many of th.se wretched diseased men will tell you that th.-y have been in ihe office at 9 o'clock every morning for more than a week and apparently no nearer getting their pay than when they first cam tlu-y will beg you to buy their claims at fifty cents on the dollar and will tell you with all sorts of entreaty of their anxiety to gel home if is complained that rhe/earetoo many persons who were in the em ploy of the government at wash ington flow employed in the rich mond departments we have lull confidence in the president and heads of departments but we think it right that their attention should be directed to abuses which proba bly they are not aware of while our people an straining every nerve to maintain the war and ihey in tend to maintain it until their inde pendence is acknowledged their ser vants in tiie offices should be made to work a reasonable time each day 7 or 8 hours at least mid practice economy the govern men t has no money to spare to pay high salaries to arrogant stiff kneed loungers interesting from western virginia lyncubuko jan 7 â€” the republican of this city will publish a letter to-morrow dated at camp alleghany 5th instant in which it i staled that some excitement prevailed there dining the iasi four or live days in consequence of a report that the \ alike s about ten thousand strong from the direction of camp harlow were ex pected to make an attack on camp alle ghany colonels gordon and scott's regi ments were promptly ordered to allegha ny ; but upon recuii noi.-ance being made th enemy were found to h.ive gone in the i in cin mi of huntersvijje where there was a large quantity ol our provisions ammuni tion fec ier ion and scott's regiments w.ie then or.lend hack to rah bottom and monterey when they arrived on sal mi ay night his excitement ha i hardly subsided when a courier from monterey reported thai the enemy with b,000 troops had gone to uuntersviile and taken possession of in stores and it was believed that they intended to come in our rear and take pot session of moiit.iey where a large quanti iv of provision were stored and bv such means cm off our supplies general johnston has sent out scouts who will report tonight and if the re ports be tun our pigmy force h.-rc will tall hack to staunton it is not sufli cient to contend with 20 or 80,000 fed erals with any hope of success if how ever they do not cut off oar supplies and attack us here we wili give them a very warm reception the charlotte dtmocrat speaking of the resignation of judge biggs and mr patterson at members of he convention says : " uhn biggs ought to have re signed long ago he holds â€ž commission bom tba confederate government n a judge and never had anv right to a mm in tin convention according -â€ž the coin moti-sense meaning of th !-,â€ž,;- i * 10 do.-s not make a more useful judge than he did a member of tna convention son â€¢ people will think he oughl to vhg his judgeship by th way heisonly'l'mvi sional judge and ia yet to be appointed k at all j Â» n <Â«Â«-" h permanent constitu lion rat standard if lie is not satisfied with holding oiu oilier nt a time he should resign bis judgeship anyhow a jndge has no bnsinoss with any other office while hu ia judge if im is permit ted to hold ulcciiveoilieesâ€”keok and receive tin votes of tho people for office or plaee â€” we can see no iea botl why our system should not bu changed snd elect our judges hy the people wo have always opposed electing judges by the people but if it is right t,,r judges to hold other positions by popular election and thus emu in competition with other candidates why not make hltn stand his chance foe bis judgeship before the people no jndgeshoufd be al lowed to seek receive or accept the votes of the people for an office ot place while holding the office of judge if there are not men enough in the county to represent the state in legislative bodies without calling upon the judges then we are hard pushed one office at a time is enough for any man to hold we would as soon trust the gentlemen who hold the judgeships as repre sentatives as any other set of men but we have protested and will con tinue to protest against their hold ing any other office while acting , lh judges let us keep the judiciary nncontaminated with any other of fice or place and thus maintain the high character for integrity and dig nity which north carolina judges now have and have always unjuyud â€” charlotte democrat very souk grapes mr seward says that the southern commissioners are comparatively unim portant persons mr seward hihi secre tary welles and the douse of represen tatives and the people and press didn'l think so when the san jacinto first arrived at new york with them they thought that wilkes had achieved tho most daring and brilliant deed of modern times they resolved to hold them as hostages for the safely of corcoran and others now however that they are compelled to sur render them the fox like seward cries out sour grhp**."â€”jvashville american the attempt of the new york peter funk to underrate the importance of tho confederate commissioners now that he is forced lo surrender them ami wdien he knows they will he received in england wiih ten times the eclat that would have attended their arrival there had they been permitted to go without interruption from liis government reminds us of an anec dote told of an old negro and his rabbit asking pardon of thc negro for comparing him lo lincoln's secretary of state we will give ihe story hy way of illustration : old stephen having seized a rabbit as contraband and having him secure by tho hind legs was very much elated with his prize as be trudged home with bis rab bit in his arms he complacently stroked its back felicitating himself upon the many good uses to which he could put it ah said he old pop eye ! good for pot good for pie good for roast good for bile good for st.w good for fry good for ." just at that moment the rabbit gave a spring from his arms and the next mutant was hounding away at hull run speed startled from his revery when it was too late to recover his loss old stephen with true yankee philosophy exclaimed : â– \ ah !â€” go to ic d.-hil you big ear cot ton-tail son ot acus â€” ain't good for nothin no how !" â€” savannah news the star of the west â€” to-day is j anniversary of the day on which the gal lant citadel boys drove back the star o the west from charleston harbor the iiad the honor of tiring the very tirst gnu of the southern revolution which ban since assumed such grand proportions â€” south carolinian jan u

caroiina watchman weekly vol xix salisbury n c january 13 1862 number 57 j t brink kuitoh am proprietor from th richmond rcaminer some of the wisest men of the south are affected with grave apprehensions on the score of re enlistments the difficul ty of keeping a large force in the field and the hazard to resull from the dissolu tion of oh and the re organization of new regiments nt a most critical period of in coming campaign present in fact ihe only serious sources of apprehension lor the south ni cau*e vvu have not indulged how.-v.-r in any of these evil forebodings we look at the great fact that o far this war has derived all its vigour and success from the people in no particular have the patriotic masses of our countrymen come short of their duty or of the de main is of the crisis one whit the wal ls the people's war they have math it their 1 *] is all the glory that it has shed upon our name ; and it is a species of high treason to harbour an apprehensions of delinquency on their part true the people have had much to complain of in the would be rulers politi cians and contract-mongers who have had their fingers â€” only their fingers â€” in the war true the soldiers have bad much to disgust them with the service true there has been a sad absence of en ter prise genius and energy in the conduct of pub lic affairs such as gives nerve to the sol dier's aim and kindles a hone in his heart we have had no wii.i.um i'iit at the helm of state nor darning comet like bonai'auj'h carrying consternation into the camps of the euemv everywhere around tin horizon and we have conse quently had but h slight manifestation of that popular enthusiasm attending the prosecution of the war which a brilliant governing genius inflames but which a dull one snows upon rut iu spile of all discouragements and obstacles the people will do their duty < lur volunteers will all re-enlist provide 1 only that the labour and the burden be distributed with an even hand tbere is scarcely a man in our armies who makes any other objection to continuing in the service than that others remain at home ! equally bound with himself to serve the ! country in it need this difficulty is of all others the most readily removed this difficulty once removed and the whole ! trouble is obviated our brave men al ready in the camps will remain there ; and our army will be at once filled up to the fullest standard of numbers demanded by the exigencies of the cause the mode of overcoming this solitary difficulty is simply to abandon the system of voluntary enlistment why should government relinquish the most sacred aud vital of all its functions â€” that of com manding the services of its citizens for the public defence ? why should govern ment abdicate its authority at the moment when tbe salvation of society depends upon its rigorously and vigorously putting it in to requisition ? let the government order the soldiers already in the field to r.-main there and let it require those not enlisted to put themselves in the field ry calling upon all to serve in its armies it makes the service a cheerful one on the part of all those now in service will continue in it and perform their duty with an alac rity unknown before when they see that the rest of their fellow-citizens are required to do their part also loins nai-olkon would overcome the difficulty presented by this subject of re enlistment iu two days he would have an immediate return of the able-bodied men in every magisterial district of the south classified according to their differ ent ages and he would long before the winter shall expire have every man under arms by name to join his proper corps and in active drill and service nolhing in spires more alacrity or cheerfulness in our soldiers than the fact that all are required to do their duty an d that the government is with energy ability promptitude and above all with impartiality doing its own we ought long ,.,,- this to have had a census of the confederate states ; and our war i t.-p.ti tin nt ought before six months ofthe war had pas ove r have had rolls from every magisterial district in the con federacy enumerating every able-bodied man iu it the volunteer system has served its purpose of meeting a pressing exigency it would be imbecile and idle to expect it to serve the necessities of a protracted war to attempt to carry it on farther is to break down utterly â€” is literally to lean upon a broken reed why should we attempt to convert a mere temporary expedient into a permanent policy ? is it impossible for our statesmen and legislators to lift them selves out of the deep ruts of routine and to strike out new pathways ? if nut like tin u in v horses in western virginia iln y will drown the country's cause iu tin mud and mire of the old and uo travel led way yankee l.k>n t s and spies it will scarcely be believed abroad that in times of flagrant war while the soil of virginia ia pressed by the font of a blood thirsty an i murderous foe the most tender ami unceasing social attentions are yet of ferer in richmond not only to the vagrant \ ankei-s who have come here on suspi cious errands bul actually to those whose mission towards ii was to cut our throats burn our houses and defile our families with the brutal lusts of war the eviden ces of this disposition are patent and bra ten enough thecaseof dr king a rhode island r who was permitted tn conn here ami take away a son who had been taken as our prisonei in tho battle at manassas and to pass his time here in receiving calls from and paying visits to certain social pretenders and jack alls who made a " li on of him is an illustration of the dis grace that is fastening upon our city not only for the laxity ofthe authorities of the government but for the subserviency and social demoralization of its manners the half has not been told of the ex ploitation ofthe yankee family of kings in the society of richmond we are ( r.-d ibly informed that the young cut throat and murderer who was taken fighting against us at manassas was actual iv taken from the hospital and tenderly nursed ii the family of a physician in tins citv â€” could not these good samaritans have found some poor confederate soldier lan guishing in the hospitals an object for their solicitude anil kindness into whose wounds they might have poured oil rather than the yankee whom they took into their family circle to nurse to pet and to re store to his new england home we notice too that mr ely in the statements of his experience as a prisoner in richmond lets tiie cat out of the hag and indicates the great number of " un ion friends he made in that city the new york herald states he has come back to the north burdened with memen toes from the citizens of richmond i amongst these a handsome writing case the gift of a young lady the same paper gives an account of the released yankee prisoners â€” another subject of the clemency of the war department and general winder who had succeeded in obtaining maps of all tho city fortifications from a union citizen of richmond and in smuggling them north sewed up in the seams of his pantaloons we are certainly not averse to recogniz ing the obligations of humanity even to yankees and prisoners of war j kit it is high time that this overdone kindness that pays social court to rhode island " lions and turns loose prisoners of war and spies with their baggage tilled with mementous from young ladles of richmond and tbeir garments stuffed with military intelligence should come to an end â€” richmond ex aminer tiie indian treaties in con gress congress is understood to have made a large appropriation out of the confederate treasury to comply iu part with treaty stipu lations made with the indian tribes these treaties are as yet undivulged they are understood to comprise the creeks the clioctaws and chicka-aws tiie seminoles the clu-rokees the usages the uuapaws the setiecas aud sbawnees the camanch es and the resonie indians â€” of the air gregate amount appropriated by the act of congress the sum of 235,927 â€” being the whole amount of arrearages annual payments and interest due the several tribes as on the 30th of december last â€” is ordered to be paid in coin should the president so direct we learn that the act also makes an appropriation of 00 000 to purchase the coin we have only to add that it seems to be an indispensa ble act of public justice that these treaties should he published that the people may understand and estimate ihe advantages which they offer and which have induced our government to assume tbe payment of federal arrearages to them to the amount of nearly three thousand dollars â€” rich mond examiner the panic is over â€” some 80 or 100 bushels of salt sold here yesterday morn ing at auction at about 1 25 per bushel it was first offered in lots of one bushel with the privilege of two and the two first lots w.-nt at 5.10 it then dropped down to 4.50 and finally to 4.15 in lots of one bushel with privilege of five and the sale closed we believe at those figures â€” savannah republican dec 31 patriotic contributions i'assi'oiu t ihkick ) richmond january 7 1802 \ to the h'ditor uf the kxanimcr : as your reporter has been in the habit of preparing for publication in th exam iner a weekly statement of contributions made by the people to tin army of inde pendence i am induced to seiitl vou an analytical summary of the amount reo-iv ed and forwarded timing th last quarter ofthe year just expired v ol , w l per ceive that the sum total according to the best means afforded t'<>i estimating values is over a million and a half of dollars and 1 think that at least ninety per cent ofthe sum was contributed to the mm i llle potomac ll was inipossilili to h p proximate the correct amount sent to the army ofthe i'eniiisula ; the armv al nor folk was supplied by agents who were nol uu.l.r th necessity of obtaining passports in richmond ; and the army in western virginia was similarly furnished very lew ofthe packages beingsent via richmond of the supplies sent to the army in mis souri arkansas and kentucky j have no account whatever but the same patriotic devotion animates our people everywhere there can he nodoubt that an equal aniounl of clothing stoics fec have been bent to those troops the whole amount of con tributions luring the last three months could not have fallen short of three mill ions of dollars the subjoined list edrri piises almost exclusively the donations made to the army of the potomac : north carolina 135*15,417 alabama 317^000 mississippi 272,670 georgia 24 4.880 south carolina 187 206 ' l ' ex - s > 87,800 louisiana 01,'joo virginia 48,070 tennessee 17,000 florida 2,'3,'a aikansas 050 1,515,808 the secretary of war allowed me to grant transportation for the goods and the agents accompanying them irom this city to the points of distribution ; and recently the agents have been given transportation from the camps hack to richmond 1 have preserved the name of the pa rents and agents having in charge the sol diers clothing the amount biought by each party and the designation of ihe re giments that received them and these details although probably too voluminous for the columns of a newspaper may be of value for future reference and of some in terest to the historian an onportunity^lias also been afforded to see a people intelligent brave and virtuous engaged with perfect unanimity in the noble work of fleeing themselves from commercial thraldom and the politi cal contaminations of the north â€” a loyal people a race of gentlemen lo preside over whom is an honor of which the greatest and best in the world should he proud ; and possessing eight hundred thousand square miles of territory with 4 od and oik nativk land inscribed on iheir bat tle flags all the despots of the earth ma strive in vain to subjugate them i am sir fec j j jones goods for the people â€” yesterday one of our city wharves presented quite an ac tive scene in consequence of a fine display of merchandize which crowded the sur rounding space and which was being dis charged from a vessel lately from foreign parts the cargo consisted of english blankets confederate grey cloths hardware in casks coffee soap candles codfish spool cotton english paper and envelopes butter ar rowroot cheese linens hosiery buttons needles spanish begars and various other articles of groat value at this time charleston courier 1th tha following is the superscription of a letter that passed tbrougli tin louisville i'ost < iflice the other lay w apprehend it has not yet reached nashville : " feds and confeds let this go free down tn nashville tennessee this three cenl tuamp will pay the cost uniil you lind sophia jfost " postmasters north or even south way open it and find th truth 1 merely say my wife's got well and litis a baby cross us â€” you know what it is stated that instead of tho loss by the late burning of ordnance supplies in nashville tennessee reaching two millions of dollars as reported it will not exceed at an extravagant estimate five hundred thousand dollars from the chariot t democrat urf mill veo/.'i/.-we hit gniti bed to sea that the richmond papers are rebuking the delinqnencea ofthe ( l.tks in tin various departments at richmond we are satisfied there are top many clerk employed in hie department and that strict econo my would dispense with about one third of tin number the people of the south uie fully determined to sustain and support the confederate government and they demand that prudent economy shall be practised by their public servants we have been told hy several gentlemen who visited richmond on business that it was with difficulty hey could get attention nlthough there appeared to he any quantity of clerks sitting about tloing riothjug when they work it is only from 9 or id to 2 or 3 o clock even tiie boldiers can no got attention as we learn bv the following from ihe kidimond ex aminer : we have alluded on more than one j occasion to ihe unkindness and abuses im pos.,1 upon sick discharged soldiers b the pellness in lellcc milt sovereign cale lessness with which ihey are treated by government officials in th course of the routine through which they have to go before tlu-y are permitted or enabled to leave lor their homes one has only lo go to ihe pay office of the government in batik street to witness seencs of buffering there and of official circumlocution and delay to which th sick boldiers are sub jected calculated not only to move their pity but to excite on the other band the strongest indignation the office is daily crowded with poor sick wounded aod dis abled soldiers waiting anxiously for their pay many of th.se wretched diseased men will tell you that th.-y have been in ihe office at 9 o'clock every morning for more than a week and apparently no nearer getting their pay than when they first cam tlu-y will beg you to buy their claims at fifty cents on the dollar and will tell you with all sorts of entreaty of their anxiety to gel home if is complained that rhe/earetoo many persons who were in the em ploy of the government at wash ington flow employed in the rich mond departments we have lull confidence in the president and heads of departments but we think it right that their attention should be directed to abuses which proba bly they are not aware of while our people an straining every nerve to maintain the war and ihey in tend to maintain it until their inde pendence is acknowledged their ser vants in tiie offices should be made to work a reasonable time each day 7 or 8 hours at least mid practice economy the govern men t has no money to spare to pay high salaries to arrogant stiff kneed loungers interesting from western virginia lyncubuko jan 7 â€” the republican of this city will publish a letter to-morrow dated at camp alleghany 5th instant in which it i staled that some excitement prevailed there dining the iasi four or live days in consequence of a report that the \ alike s about ten thousand strong from the direction of camp harlow were ex pected to make an attack on camp alle ghany colonels gordon and scott's regi ments were promptly ordered to allegha ny ; but upon recuii noi.-ance being made th enemy were found to h.ive gone in the i in cin mi of huntersvijje where there was a large quantity ol our provisions ammuni tion fec ier ion and scott's regiments w.ie then or.lend hack to rah bottom and monterey when they arrived on sal mi ay night his excitement ha i hardly subsided when a courier from monterey reported thai the enemy with b,000 troops had gone to uuntersviile and taken possession of in stores and it was believed that they intended to come in our rear and take pot session of moiit.iey where a large quanti iv of provision were stored and bv such means cm off our supplies general johnston has sent out scouts who will report tonight and if the re ports be tun our pigmy force h.-rc will tall hack to staunton it is not sufli cient to contend with 20 or 80,000 fed erals with any hope of success if how ever they do not cut off oar supplies and attack us here we wili give them a very warm reception the charlotte dtmocrat speaking of the resignation of judge biggs and mr patterson at members of he convention says : " uhn biggs ought to have re signed long ago he holds â€ž commission bom tba confederate government n a judge and never had anv right to a mm in tin convention according -â€ž the coin moti-sense meaning of th !-,â€ž,;- i * 10 do.-s not make a more useful judge than he did a member of tna convention son â€¢ people will think he oughl to vhg his judgeship by th way heisonly'l'mvi sional judge and ia yet to be appointed k at all j Â» n